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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Immunogenic Cell Death Inducers in Cancer Immunotherapy to Turn Cold Tumors into Hot Tumors.

Valeria Lucarini, Ombretta Melaiu, Paula Gragera, Kamila Król, Valentina Scaldaferri, Verena Damiani, Adele De Ninno, Daniela Nardozi, Luca Businaro, Laura Masuelli and 3 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Valeria LucariniBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Ombretta MelaiuBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Paula GrageraBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-5088-1757
Kamila KrólBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Valentina ScaldaferriBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-5005-5910
Verena DamianiBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2833-841X
Adele De NinnoInstitute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3139-2820
Daniela NardoziDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza", 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9660-7509
Luca BusinaroInstitute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, National Research Council, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5251-093X
Laura MasuelliDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza", 00161 Rome, Italy.
Roberto BeiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9541-8896
Loredana CifaldiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5014-430X
Doriana FruciBambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3388-7296

Funding

Italian Association for Cancer Research IG24345
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of chemotherapeutic agents with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However, its success is often limited by insufficient immune priming in certain tumors, including pediatric malignancies. In this report, we explore clinical trials currently investigating the use of immunogenic cell death (ICD)-inducing chemotherapies in combination with ICIs for both adult and pediatric cancers. Given the limited clinical data available for pediatric tumors, we focused on recent preclinical studies evaluating the efficacy of these combinations in neuroblastoma (NB). Finally, to address this gap, we propose an innovative strategy to assess the impact of ICD-inducing chemotherapies on antitumor immune responses in NB. Using tumor spheroids derived from a transgenic NB mouse model, we validated our previous in vivo findings concerning how anthracyclines, specifically mitoxantrone and doxorubicin, significantly enhance MHC class I surface expression, stimulate IFNγ and granzyme B production by CD8

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Immunogenic Cell DeathImmunotherapyAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDoxorubicinHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMiceMitoxantroneNeoplasmsNeuroblastomaSpheroids, CellularDoxorubicinImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMitoxantroneanthracyclinesimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunogenic cell deathneuroblastomapediatric cancertumor microenvironmenttumor spheroids

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PMID40004078
PMCPMC11855819

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